STOCKHOLM (S&P Global Ratings) Feb. 8, 2021--S&P Global Ratings today said that although Sweden-based residential real estate company Akelius Residential Property AB (BBB/Stable/A-2) has updated its financial policy to accommodate its growth appetite in the next few years, its targets still align with our current thresholds for the rating. On Feb. 8, 2021, Akelius announced that it has increased its maximum reported loan-to-value ratio to 45% from 40%. This translates into S&P Global Ratings-adjusted debt to debt plus equity of about 55%, which corresponds to our downside threshold of the rating. In August 2020, the company revised its business model and plans to double the size of its current real estate portfolio of about €12 billion over the next 10